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Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet with Cheddar Cheese

Aug 11, 2015 8 Comments

Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet with Cheddar Cheese skips the canned cream soup and is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet with Cheddar Cheese skips the canned cream soup and is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Lately I’ve been obsessed with skillet dinners. It’s too hot to turn on the oven and since my boys aren’t old enough to help with the dishes after a meal, I’m fairly strategic with the number of dishes I use. Call it selfish but no one else seems to notice or care that our dinners are a hodge-podge of protein, grains, and veggies. Oh and don’t forget the melted cheese on top. That’s essentially a skillet meal, right?

Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet with Cheddar Cheese skips the canned cream soup and is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Last week a good friend of mine texted and asked if I had a recipe for Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole. You know, the one with canned cream of chicken soup in there. Now I’m not opposed to canned cream soups; one of my favorite beef stew recipes uses canned cream of mushroom. But I do try to replace them with healthier ingredients when possible. Hence, this Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet. Better than the casserole, and easier to cleanup too!

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Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet with Cheddar Cheese
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
30 mins
 
Author: Katie Serbinski
Recipe type: Main Dish
Serves: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces [about 1.5 cups]
  • ½ medium yellow onion, diced
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 cups broccoli florets, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 2 cups brown rice, cooked
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup of cheddar cheese, shredded
Instructions
  1. In a large skillet or pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 5-7 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
  2. Add the onion and garlic to the same skillet. Stir frequently and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in rice and cook until coated, about 1 minute.
  3. Add chicken broth to the skillet. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and stir in broccoli and chicken. Cook for an additional 5 minutes.
  4. Top with shredded cheddar cheese. Serve once cheese is melted.
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You’ll notice one thing with my recipe: I use cooked brown rice rather than cooking the rice in the skillet meal itself. I always have a frozen batch of cooked brown rice ready to use in dishes as this OR I like the microwaveable Uncle Ben’s Brown Rice packs— they cook in 90 seconds in the microwave! Want to make this recipe even easier? Cook a batch of shredded chicken over the weekend and you’ll skip a whole cooking step the night of! Whatever your pleasure, this one-skillet comfort meal will please those who do the dish-washer’s in your kitchen!

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Comments

  1. Regan @ The Healthy Aperture Blog says

    August 12, 2015 at 9:38 am

    My fam would love this 🙂 Love the no-soup modification!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      August 13, 2015 at 9:08 pm

      I didn’t miss it at all!

  2. Kati @ Around the Plate says

    August 19, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    Just gave this recipe a try last night and LOVED it! So much better than the cream of mushroom variety and both boys loved it too.

    Reply
  3. Jill says

    September 30, 2015 at 8:59 am

    I just tried out this recipe last night. Sooooo good!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      October 1, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      Yay! So glad you enjoyed it!

  4. Bruce says

    April 2, 2016 at 5:34 pm

    When do you add the chicken back in?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      April 4, 2016 at 9:38 pm

      Good catch!! I just updated the recipe 🙂 Thank you for flagging that!

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